National Instruments Corp

National Instruments Corporation engages in the manufacture and supply of measurement and automation products. It provides application software and hardware that combine with industry-standard computers, networks, and third party devices to create measurement, automation and embedded systems. Its application software products include LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio, which are programming environments that develop graphical user interfaces and control instruments, as well as acquire, analyze, and present data; LabVIEW Real-Time that configures user's programs to execute remotely on embedded processors; LabVIEW FPGA, which allows users to build their custom hardware devices for proprietary measurement or control protocols; TestStand, a test management environment for organizing, controlling, and running automated production test systems on the factory floor; DIAdem; and Multisim. National Instruments Corporation's hardware products and related driver software comprise data acquisition, PCI extensions for instrumentation chassis and controllers, image acquisition, motion control, distributed I/O, modular instruments and embedded control hardware/software, industrial communications interfaces, GPIB interfaces, and VXI controllers. The company offers its products to various industries, including advanced research, automotive, automated test equipment, commercial aerospace, computers and electronics, continuous process manufacturing, education, government/defense, medical research/pharmaceutical, power/energy, semiconductors, and telecommunications. It markets its products through direct sales organizations, independent distributors, original equipment manufacturers, value added resellers, system integrators, and consultants in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Austin, Texas.